I'm one of those people who never has more than ten messages in my main work inbox. They get filed or deleted. I usually have no more than four things sitting on my TiVo.
Right now I have two screens worth of stuff on my TiVo and it is causing more guilt than a stack of books on the bedside table.
The Colbert Report (4 episodes) - even if I only watch the parts I like, that's still an hour of my life.
30 Rock (26) - I missed the first three seasons entirely, so I have to catch up.
Boardwalk Empire - Every week it's like a little hour long movie. This has led to:
Prohibition (3) - the PBS documentary, which I would watch if it had Steve Buscemi in it.
Penn & Teller Tell a Lie - Not loving this show. Bad production values? Half hour too long?
Breaking Bad (46, or every episode ever made) - I promised my brother I would watch this show, because it is set in his town, Albuquerque. Someday I will be laid up for a week and a can have a huge marathon. Until then, I have no interest.
Inside Job - Felt I need to see it for work.
Too Big to Fail - Felt I need to see it for work, tried, but the subtitles they use to identify everyone are in fine print.
You Don't Know Jack - I know this is going to bring up Mom deathbed memories, so it's out there for a day I feel like sobbing.
Stagecoach - I saw enough of this to know it's good, but not enough to watch it all.
What I should do is just delete it all. If it's in the basement and you haven't touched it for a year, donate it or pitch it. If it's in your emailbox, delete it or do it. It's time for Fall Cleaning, more purgative than Spring Cleaning.
It is also time to replace the fence, powerwash the house, get a Damn Mammogram, see if I have a bladder infection, plus this World Series is sucking up my life. No time to sit around and watch TV.
So, please let me know what I can purge from the TiVo, or what I should watch.
I cannot help for I have not watched, and in some cases haven't heard of, any of those shows. I can, however, explain all the fine nuances of Storage Wars. I suppose I should hang my head in shame now.
Posted by: Zayrina | October 26, 2011 at 07:59 AM
I watched the first season of Breaking Bad then it got too weird and complicated for me to care. I really, REALLY wanted to like Prohibition. I love documentaries, I love St. Louis, I love alcohol.... but I only managed to drag through the first two. Just delete You Don't Know Jack; if you need to cry I'm sure you can find other ways... no one needs that kind of trauma.
Posted by: Amy in StL | October 26, 2011 at 11:26 AM
You should watch Prohibition - I just finished Part 2 and knowing the back story and some of the actual players added to my enjoyment quotient of Boardwalk Empire exponentially.
Posted by: Terri in SF | October 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Is it weird that I already know who all the real people in Boardwalk Empire are? I suspect that it's because of New Jersey, and because I had a grandfather in the wholesale business when Meyer Lansky was a major player around here.
I don't think you should feel guilty about to many things on your TiVo. I think you should think of it like storing supplies for the TV apocalypse.
Posted by: Tami | October 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM
30 Rock is smart and hilarious and it is absolutely worth the TiVo space!
Posted by: Megan | October 26, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Zayrina - My mom got a phone call from a strange man cross-country who had bought my dads camera case at one of those auctions. (Dave stopped paying, Dad had put a name and address and phone tag on the camera case.) So, I can't watch that show.
Amy in StL - I think Breaking Bad will be like that for me too, only, I already don't care.
Terri in SF (hi, Terri!) - I will, then. Oooo. The last episode of BE I watched ended with [SPOLIER] a big slapping pervert beat-down scene. Usually I say no to violence, but that was remarkable.
Tami - I'm having trouble keeping track of the out of town gangsters. Meyer Lansky was Bugsy Seigels boss? Of course, Bugsy is Warren beatty to me.
Megan - It just gets better each season. Has the new season started yet? And did you hear the next version of Series 7 is weighted LESS on options and Muni bonds?
Posted by: TheQueen | October 27, 2011 at 12:16 AM
Bugsy and Meyer worked together. In the show, he's the short Jewish guy running the card game with Lucky.
Posted by: Tami | October 27, 2011 at 10:55 AM
I really liked Boardwalk Empire the first season until about the last two episodes and then I found it to be tedious. Feel the same about Season 2. There's nothing good left to watch anymore.
Posted by: Candy | October 28, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Tami - I need to pay more attention. I did relate to the first season Harding illegit baby storyline because I am distantly step-related to Mrs Harding.
Candy - Yeah, there's no good character being drawn in to corruption. Everyone's just in the same place as when they started.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 29, 2011 at 12:37 AM